Chylothorax in a cat : to the editor

Extracted from text ... To the editor - Aan die redakteur Chylothorax in a cat A 10-year-old male cat was presented with severe dyspnoea of fairly recent onset. Thoracocentesis was performed for therapeutic as well as diagnostic purposes and it revealed that a milky-white fluid had accumulated in the thorax. Either chylothorax or pseudochylothorax was suspected. The fluid did not clear when centrifuged, as fluids resulting from other aetiologies would have done, but this test did not differentiate chyle from pseudochyle. Samples of serum and of the thoracic effusion were submitted to a laboratory for determination of cholesterol and triglyceride values (Table 1). ..